I Will Divorce the Female Lead’s Siscon Brother (Novel) Chapter 25

                                


C25

When I left the station and walked towards the main street, Terence spoke by my side.

"I suppose we've arrived at the agreed place a little early."

"I'm glad it's not too late."

"It may be presumptuous, but will that maid be here?"

"Well, I'm not sure, but... I think Laura will come."

Laura is Cassius's maid and has been my closest assistant for the past two years.

The reason I went to Ashton at this crucial moment was related to Laura.

She was a witness, someone who would testify in the proceedings that there was no physical relationship between Leandro and me.

Since we got married and Leandro left on the first night, we shared the room every day. On the days I go to see him and ask if I should sleep with him, he always flatly refuses or just walks away.

Laura came from my parents' family, the Wallace family, and has always been responsible for arranging rooms for unmarried couples. She also comforted me when I was feeling down because of Leandro.

A person who has observed my husband and me living as separate individuals, staying in separate rooms, and who is close enough to me to stand by my side and testify to that fact.

Therefore, getting Laura was crucial for the divorce.

"Still, this is about confronting the family she has worked for for two years, and that could put Cassius in a bad mood."

I thought it would be best to show sincerity to make Laura an ally, so I went there myself instead of using someone to call her to the capital.

I sent her a letter by express mail in advance, giving her time to think about it. I didn't have time to receive a response because I left right after that.

We arrived in front of the clock tower, the meeting place I had written in my letter.

"It seems like there's a festival today."

Terence murmured, looking at the street full of excitement.

... For your information, this person followed me as naturally as sharpening a needle. He said he just wanted to get some fresh air.

"Do you still want to understand more about the kind of person I am?"

Well, even in the novel, Terence was quite cheerful and spontaneous to be a schemer, so I couldn't rule out the possibility that he really wanted to have fun.

I stopped trying to understand his intentions and replied with a smile.

"There are many festivals in the Cassius territory."

"That's new information. I heard that northerners are relatively straightforward and work-oriented, but I guess that was a prejudice. Oh, wait a moment."

He raised his arm and headed to a stall selling various items.

After a while, he returned with a mask in his hand. It was a cute mask decorated with paper flowers that covered his eyes.

"You said your face isn't very well-known."

Suddenly his hand approached.

"Just in case."

At the same time, the low voice made me nervous for some reason.

"It looks good on you."

He put the mask on me and let out a proud voice. I said, looking at my reflection in a nearby store's window.

"Ah, thank you."

I don't know if anyone would recognize me because I barely served as a host here, but it wouldn't hurt to be cautious.

However.

"Can't he just give me a heads-up before approaching?!"

Thanks, but it seems too kind. I don't know about others, but it's detrimental to people who are weak against facial features like me.

Terence, perhaps aware of my feelings, looked calmly at the children running around in colorful costumes and laughing, as well as the merchants handing out free food.

It was like a painting, so my minor complaints melted away like snow.

"It's little Liena's birthday..."

He tried to pronounce the words on the large sign that hung along the main street.

"I've heard rumors that Duke Cassius loves his daughter, but I didn't know he would organize a big festival on her birthday."

"In reality, it's not like that..."

Just as I was about to explain it in detail, someone interrupted me.

"How chivalrous! How about gifting a rose to your beautiful lover?"

It was an elderly woman who was selling flowers with her arms full of them. It was a somewhat ruthless sales tactic, but Terence never lost his smile.

"A hundred roses... No, that would be too cumbersome, so give me ten."

"That would be 100 lots."

"No change needed."

The old woman smiled at the gold coin Terence took from his pocket. It was enough money to buy a hundred flowers.

"Oh my! You're handsome and have a good personality. Miss, I'm jealous that you have such a wonderful lover."

"No, we don't have that kind of relationship..."

"Oh? So are you already married?"

... Let's just not talk about it.

"Oh, ho, ho. It seems you're a tourist, but you came on a happy day, so enjoy it. It's a lovely day today, isn't it? You two are lucky. It was raining until yesterday."

"Yes. It's fortunate that it's sunny on the princess's birthday."

Tok. The old woman who was picking up flowers stopped when Terence mentioned it in passing.

"...Princess?"

The woman's expression suddenly changed. As if all the kindness so far had been a lie.

"It's fine, take it."

The old woman mixed the flowers she had picked into a pile of roses and handed them over as if she were throwing gold coins.

"If you're going to visit another region, it's good manners to have at least a minimum of knowledge. Oh God, it's so strange to confuse a princess with a dog."

As the grumbling old woman hurried away, Terence's face took on an expression of bewilderment.

"Did I do something rude?"

It was also my fault for not explaining it well.

"In reality, 'Little Liena' doesn't refer to the Liena Cassius we know."

"Is that so?"

"It's a nickname she gave to her newly born puppy because its fur color resembled hers."

"A puppy?"

"Yes. In other words, today is Percy's, Liena's pet dog's birthday."

This festival also celebrates the birth of dogs.

The story goes back to Liena's childhood. When the Duke Cassius's dog gave birth to puppies, Liena grabbed one of them and ran to find her father.

"Dad! It's so pretty, isn't it? It looks exactly like my hair color. From now on, I'll call this little girl Little Liena. So, can I raise her? Please let me."

As if granting his lovely daughter's request wasn't enough, the Duke said this.

"From today, we declare this day as the anniversary of our territory! Let all the lands of Cassius celebrate a festival every year to praise my daughter's tenderness!"

It was later changed to a day to celebrate Percy's birth due to Liena's intervention, but in the end, it was a festival that started with the Duke's whim.

Indeed, it's not the only one. Duke Cassius, both before and after, repeatedly designated anniversaries for Liena whenever she did something.

Thanks to this, the North, which was originally famous for being boring, transformed into a region with more festivals than the South, where people like to relax, play, and eat.

"The real Liena has a separate birthday. As an orphan, her actual birthdate is unknown, but her birthday was the day Cassius adopted Liena."

"Well, that's right."

"For your information, that day is called Liena's birthday, and a grand festival is held for a total of 15 days, one week before and after."

It wasn't a joke, with songs resounding throughout the city, fireworks, and street parades.

"Is that so...?"

Terence stood there speechless, perhaps due to the cultural shock.

Because it was celebrated so loudly, the festival was well-known in other parts of the empire, but he, who had no interest in entertainment, wouldn't know.

Come on. Is this your first time in a place like this?

Even though I knew it from books, experiencing it in person is different. Still, I had no idea there would be hundreds of balloons in the sky with "I love you, Liena" written on top. A hundred of them.

Honestly, it's more spectacular than any other festival in the empire. Because the Emperor's birthday banquet, as well as the foundational system and the Goddess's system, is incomparable.

Since Cassius is currently better off than any other family, everyone is making a fuss about it, but if they want to make a big deal out of it, they can.

"Maybe Terence will attack this politically later?"

I glanced at the situation, but the man's current interests were elsewhere.

"Look at this."

He was looking at the tourist brochure someone had given him when he left the train station earlier, then he opened a specific page and handed it to me. It was a column that organized all of Cassius's anniversaries.

"Here, there are some decent anniversaries too."

He pointed to Art Day and Vegetable Day. He seemed a bit relieved that his common sense still applied in this empire.

"Haha, sure."

For some reason, I concealed the truth because I wanted to protect my pride. The two anniversaries were not meant to revive Cassius's culture and arts or promote vegetable consumption.

"It's just the day Liena first drew the Duke and the day she stopped eating carrots because she was picky about food."

Sometimes there are truths that are better left unknown. And what's important now isn't Cassius's anniversary.

I approached the official who was vigorously dealing with street vendors and whispered to him.

"Excuse me. There's a person selling roses at exorbitant prices in the clock tower square over there, where commercial activities are prohibited. Oh, it's her."

This time, the enforcement team member frowned after discovering the old woman trying to sell roses to a couple.

"Oh, that old woman is doing that again. Hey! How many times have I told you it's illegal?"

"Oh, for heaven's sake, who cares what I sell!"

Regardless of whether she started the chase or not, I returned to Terence's side.

Ten lots for one rose. Who are you trying to cheat?

When I saw the man behind me, I thought about letting it go, but I couldn't. I don't know anyone who was born rich, but I'm sensitive to that.


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